One suggeston. I made dummy shafts out of dowel stock straight from the
lumber yard. Just get the OD of the shafts you need and buy wood
dowels.Cut to lenght, I then found that if I put in small nails on each
end I could adjust and hold the bearings better.
My 2.p
Chuck
JACranwell@aol.com wrote:
> Ron,
>
> It is best to renew all chevron seals and gaskets.
>
> The main bearings are usually OK, as they are permanently immersed in oil.
>
> The bearings to check out are the needle roller bearings on the layshaft. If
> there is any play on the shaft, then replace them, and potentially the shaft
> itself, if there is sign of wear. You'll need to fabricate a 'dummy layshaft'
> to reassemble. This is a shaft of the same (or slightly smaller) diameter as
> the layshaft but shorter to allow the lay-gears to be inserted to the bottom
> of the box fully assembled. You then push the dummy through with the real
> layshaft. Tubing (even plastic) is good enough for the dummy.
>
> The other are to check is the wear on the bronze slip-rings. If these are
> worn, it will cause the box to pop out of gear, particularly in 1st or
> second.
>
> It is rare for the actual gears to sustain much wear on the all-synchro box.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
> Julian.
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